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Black Community
Impact Alliance

Get To Know Them

The Black Community Impact Alliance (BCIA) is a collaborative network of organizations dedicated to serving the Black Community in Western Washington. Committed to ensuring that taxpayer-funded initiatives and government-supported organizations actively contribute to the betterment of Black children and families, particularly those facing low income and economic challenges.

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BCIA's comprehensive approach addresses various facets crucial to the well-being of the Black Community, including health, education, employment, housing, technology, safety, arts, criminal justice, economic development, and environmental issues.

Support Their Mission

BCIA's mission is to empower the Black Community to shape and take ownership of its future by providing educational resources on accessing and managing essential services in areas such as healthcare, education, workforce development, entrepreneurship, and housing.

The BCIA's Planning & Strategy Advisory Committee comprises representatives from esteemed organizations, including:

 

  • FAME-Equity Alliance of Washington

  • CCS-Village Spirit Center

  • CADA

  • Africatown Preservation & Development Assoc.

  • Olio

  • Africatown Community Land Trust

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  • Colorful Communities LLC

  • SU-Center for Community Engagement

  • OUTSIDE THINC

  • Black Dot

  • Tubman Health Center

  • Curtiss Calhoun LLC- Coaching & Consulting

​Through collective action and community empowerment, BCIA continues to drive positive change and advocate for the well-being and prosperity of the Black Community in Western Washington.

BCIA Celebrates Their 10th Anniversary

The Black Community Impact Alliance (BCIA) is celebrating its 10th Anniversary.  As we mark this milestone, it's important to recognize the BCIA's significant contributions. 

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The BCIA has been instrumental in helping to secure millions of dollars for ethnic communities across Seattle through its involvement in the creation of the City of Seattle's Equitable Development Implementation (EDI) Fund. Also, the BCIA was part of the MOU that built the Liberty Bank Affordable Housing Project, and persevered to transform Fire Station 6 into the William Grose Cultural Innovation Center, bringing technology and entrepreneurship to the Black Community in the Central District.  The BCIA has made many other contributions that will help transform the Black Community and other Communities of Color for years to come.

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In 2014, four Black leaders came together to push back on the gentrification and displacement that was taking place in their historic Black Community, the Central District of Seattle. Former Representative Dawn Mason, George Staggers of CADA, Evelyn Thomas Allen,President & Executive Director of FAME-Equity Alliance of Washington, and K. Wyking Garrett of Africatown Community Land Trust put out a call to action to other Black leaders and formed an organization as a power base to advocate for resources and investments leading to generational wealth in their historic Black Community. 

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The BCIA was originally formed under a $600,000, Five (5) year grant awarded to Catholic Community Services of Western Washington's Village Spirit Center,  from the national Catholic Campaign for Human Development.

The BCIA is an intergenerational collective of Black leaders working for racial and economic justice impact over the past 10 years.  Please visit our website www.bciawa.org for more information.

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Present organizations serving on the BCIA-Planning and Strategy Advisory Committee include:  Parents for Students Success (Dawn Mason), CADA (George Staggers), Africatown Community Land Trust (K. Wyking Garrett), FAME-Equity Alliance of Washington (Evelyn Thomas Allen, Pauline Gary), Outsidethinc (Mujale Chisabuka), Tubman Health Center ( AyeNye Abye), Wm. Grose Center (Ty Griffin), Colorful Communities (Emijah Smith), Poet (Kamira Bright), Institutional Affiliate:  Seattle University Sundborge Center for Community Engagement

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BCIA General Affiliates - The Black and Brown Communities of King County

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